11 And the sellers of flags, they did infest every place, so that to escape from them, it was beyond the power of man.
12 And whensoever a man did venture forth from his habitation on a day that was a flag day, assuredly, that man, he was lost.
13 And the damsels and the old women also, they would follow after him, and they would ensnare him by the way.
14 ¶ Wherefore all the men lifted up their voices unto heaven, and they cried aloud in their distress. And the rulers heard them.
15 And they sent unto the sellers of flags, even unto the damsels and unto the old women did they send, and they said unto them,
16 Forasmuch as ye have harried the men of the land beyond all reason, and the fighters that were come home, ye have driven them back into battle;
17 And because ye have followed after them, having no pity in your hearts, therefore shall ye pursue them no more.
18 ¶ But whatsoever place shall be appointed unto you, there shall ye continue. Verily, ye shall be even as pillars of salt, and shall stand still. Neither shall ye remove yourselves out of that very place.
19 And after the rulers had spoken, it came to pass that a little rest was vouchsafed unto the men; but the damsels, and the old women also, they were sad and sore at heart.
20 ¶ Now because there was need of money for to buy the munitions of war, and because it was necessary for other things also, therefore did the rulers set them about for to get it.